Alfredo Pacheco

Club

Pacheco spent the majority of his career with one of El Salvador's biggest clubs, FAS. After moving through the junior ranks and into the first team reserves, he was given his first chance to play in the Salvadoran Primera División in 2001. He made his professional debut on 3 March 2001, in a league match against C.D. Municipal Limeño. In 2005, he was named club captain. On 18 February 2009, it was announced that New York Red Bulls head coach Juan Carlos Osorio had gone to El Salvador with the hopes of bringing Pacheco to Major League Soccer. Pacheco had been scouted for several months, most notably during FIFA World Cup qualification matches, as well as during the UNCAF Nations Cup tournament. It was initially announced that Pacheco signed with New York Red Bulls on 5 March 2009, but due to difficulties surrounding his International Transfer Card, the New York front office did not officially announce his signing until 17 April 2009. In the meantime Pacheco started training with the Red Bulls on 7 April 2009 and after his official signing, made his first appearance on 18 April 2009. After a bright start, Pacheco struggled on the field for New York, and the team terminated his loan deal before the end of the season. Pacheco signed a two-year contract with C.D. Águila on 30 June 2010. However, he left the club just one year into his contract with Águila to join Isidro Metápan starting with 2011/12 season.

International

Pacheco began his international…

Pacheco lived with his wife Elizabeth de Pacheco, their daughter Alexia Pacheco and son Marco Pacheco.

Death

On 27 December 2015 at 3:51 a.m., Pacheco was shot and killed at a gas station in Santa Ana. Several shots were fired range and two other people were also injured. It was later reported Pacheco was shot from point blank range and killed by a shot in the abdomen. On 5 March 2024, the First Sentencing Court of Santa Ana sentenced Samuel Toledo and Ana Marta Guadalupe Bolaños de Méndez to 63 years imprisonment for three murders they committed, Pacheco's being among them.